Jude Law
Born: 1972-12-29 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in British theatre before landing small roles in various television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award in the same category. Law found further critical and commercial success in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002), Minghella's Cold Mountain (2003), for which he earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, in addition to the drama Closer (2004) and the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006). His subsequent roles were as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), a young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel (2019); all of which rank among his highest-grossing releases. Other notable films include Contagion (2011), Hugo (2011), Side Effects (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Spy (2015), as well as the television series The Young Pope (2016), The New Pope (2020), and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024), earning a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer nomination for the latter. In addition to his film work, Law has performed in several West End and Broadway productions, including Les Parents terribles in 1994, Hamlet in 2010, and Anna Christie in 2011. These earned him nominations for two Tony Awards. He has also been awarded the Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jude Law, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- The Wizard of the Kremlin as Vladimir Putin
2025
- Eden as Dr. Friedrich Ritter
- Black Rabbit as Jake Friedken
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Jod Na Nawood
- The Order as Terry Husk
- Firebrand as Henry VIII
- The Skeleton Crew Talks Star Wars as Ja Na Nawood
2023
- Peter Pan & Wendy as James Hook
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Punchdrunk: Behind the Mask as Self
2022
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as Albus Dumbledore
- True Things ... (Producer)
2021
- What If...? as Yon-Rogg (voice)
- Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2020
- The New Pope as Pius XIII / Lenny Belardo
- The Third Day as Sam
- The Rhythm Section as Iain Boyd "B"
- The Nest as Rory O'Hara
- The Third Day: Autumn as Sam
- The Hat as Mystery Assailant
2019
- Captain Marvel as Yon-Rogg
- Skywatch as Man on Roof
- A Rainy Day in New York as Ted Davidoff
2018
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Albus Dumbledore
- Vox Lux as Manager
2017
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Vortigern
- Neo Yokio as Charles (voice)
- National Theatre Live: Obsession as Gino
- Free Speech Fear Free as Self
2016
- The Young Pope as Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII
- Genius as Thomas Wolfe
- The Roof as And Yet Another Fan
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Spy as Bradley Fine
- The Vote as Colin Henderson
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- The Grand Budapest Hotel as Young Author
- Black Sea as Captain Robinson
2013
- Toast of London as Jude Law
- Side Effects as Jonathan Banks
- Dom Hemingway as Dom Hemingway
- Muse of Fire as Self
- Connection as Self
2012
- Rise of the Guardians as Pitch (voice)
- Anna Karenina as Karenin
- 360 as Michael Daly
- Radioman as Self
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry as Self
- The Boy in the Oak as Narrator (voice)
2011
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Dr. John Watson
- Contagion as Alan Krumwiede
- Hugo as Hugo's Father
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2010
- Repo Men as Remy
- Exit Through the Gift Shop as Self (uncredited)
- Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
- Un Rendez-vous as Jude Law
2009
- Sherlock Holmes as Dr. John Watson
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Imaginarium Tony 2
- Rage as Minx
- Live from Studio Five as Self
- The Day After Peace as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- My Blueberry Nights as Jeremy
- Sleuth as Milo Tindle
- A Place in Time as Self
2006
- The Holiday as Graham Simpkins
- All the King's Men as Jack Burden
- Breaking and Entering as Will Francis
2005
- Live 8 as Self
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Closer as Dan
- The Aviator as Errol Flynn
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Lemony Snicket (voice)
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow as Sky Captain
- Alfie as Alfie
- I ♥ Huckabees as Brad Stand
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Cold Mountain as Inman
2002
- Road to Perdition as Harlen Maguire
2001
- Enemy at the Gates as Vassili Zaitsev
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Gigolo Joe
2000
- Presence of Mind as Secretary
- Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
- Love, Honour and Obey as Jude
- Happy M’Gee
1999
- The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf
- eXistenZ as Ted Pikul
- The Early Show as Self
- Tube Tales ... (Director)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack as Self
1998
- Music from Another Room as Danny Kowalski
- Immortality as Steven Grlscz
- Final Cut as Jude
1997
- The View as Self
- Gattaca as Jerome Eugene Morrow
- Wilde as Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
- Operation Good Guys
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Billy Carl Hanson
- Elle Style Awards as Self - Winner
- Bent as Stormtrooper
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- I Love You, I Love You Not as Ethan / SS Officer
1994
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Shopping as Billy
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- The Crane as Young Man
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1989
- The Tailor of Gloucester as Mayor's Stableboy
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Joe Barnes
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self